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Lectures notes for 2010 - KTH

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¿Question?<br />

“Which would you rather have twice as fast:<br />

your computer’s processor or modem?<br />

After 30 years of semiconductor doublings under Moore’s Law,<br />

processor speed are measured in megahertz. On the other hand,<br />

after 60 years of telco’s snoozing under monopoly law, modem<br />

speeds are measure in kilobits. Modems are way too slow <strong>for</strong> Internet<br />

access, but you knew that.” 1 -- Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet in 1973<br />

1. “From the Ether: Moving intelligence and Java Packets into the Net will conserve bandwidth”, by Bob Metcalfe, In<strong>for</strong>world, Oct., 6, 1997, pg. 171.<br />

Maguire ¿Question? 1: 33 of 104<br />

maguire@kth.se <strong>2010</strong>.03.21 Internetworking/Internetteknik

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